Cooking utensil.



M. B. GEORGE.

COOKING UTENSIL.

- APPucmpu FILED NOV. 15. 1915.

I Patented Aug. 27, 1918 wmv5ss5s: MENTOR I Ih'rl/Id I monurs UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COOKING UTENSIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 15, 1915; Serial No. 01,512.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, MARTHA B. Gnoncn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Cooking Utensil; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip ion thereof, reference bein had to the accompanying drawings, in w 1lCl1 like letters refer to like parts. This invention relates to a cooking utensil adapted for boiling potatoes or other food products and for drainin and dryingthem after they have beenboi ed and the oh ect of this invent ion is to provide a simple and convenient cooking utensil for accomplishing said purpose, one with only twoparts and readily changeablefrom the boillng to the draining and drying position and with the colander'or inner perforated-vessel ap-. proximately as large as the outer vessel so that practically all of the water during the boiling will be in the colander and there will be no waste space between the two vessels, only enough to protect the "colnnder from burning.

The chief feature of this. inv ention consists .in formin preferably integral, with the colander an outer vessel transverse sup-- portin ribs arranged sothat when the col ander is elevated and turned after elevatwn in proper position, the ribs on the outer wessel will support the ribs on the colander and thereby support the colander in its elevated or dryi p sition. V

The f ll-nature of the invention w11l l -c understood from the accompanying claim. I

In the drawings, Fi 'ure 1 is a central ver: tical section through t e vessel in condition; for boiling potatoes or the like. Fig. 2 is. an elevation of the upper part of the vessel in boiling condition, with the lid removed from the colander. Fig. 3 is the same as 1 with the lid removed the colander being in its elevated position for drying the contents of the colander.

The outer vessel 10 is circulal'aand adapts sides are handles 1 ed for boilingvfood roductst sifinoppnsite Immediately Imder each handle there is a transverse mwar tig projecting rib 12. ,These ribs are ihden or stamped in the metal itself and each extends transversely for about thirty d The colander 15 is perforated at its ower draw-. ings and the following description and,

' iaplaced within the colander and the lid 22 end, both the bottom and the sides thereof, and is preferably almost as large as the outer vessel so that its side walls will almost engage with the ribs 12 in the outer vessel and its bottom will he sup orted immediately say, oneeighth inch, a ove the bottom of the outer vessel so that the chamber be- Patented Aug. 2'7, 1918.

tween the two vessels will be reduced'to the mlnimum, the chamber at the side being only sufficient to permit the introduction and removal of the colander and at the bottom only suflicient to keep the colander from burning, substantially as shown. This increases the relative capacity of the colander and practically all of the water is inthe colander where it comes in contact with the food products and facilitates the boiling process thereof. .The colander has a top rim 16 adapted, to rest upon the rim 17 of the outer vessel so as to suspend or suppprt the colander in said outer vessel and inake a tight joint between them. The colander has ears 18 for a bail 19 and the rim 17 ofthe "outer vessel has recesses 20 in the top thereof to receive the ears 18 so that the rims 16 and 17 may "it tightly together and make a tight joint bet'ween'the vessels which is desired.

The colander has at two opposite points outwardly projecting ribs 21 a short dis tance above the bottom thereof. In the form shown these ribs are pressed. or stamped in the metal of the colander and extend transversely about. thirty degrees each. They are located under the ears 18.

The operation of the device is as follows:

The outer vessel is s11 pliedwith water and the potatoes or other food product I secured thereon. The colander is su' ported fjby the bail 19 as it i lowered into t e outer 'vessel with 'earsor andlemembers of the colander substantially. ninety degrees away ,1 from, the handles of. the outer vesse and I' above and intregistrywith the recesse 0 in vlthe top of the outer vessel. Therefore the ribs 521 will entirely miss'the ribs 12 of the outer vessel as the colander is being lowered to' itii hoilingi osition in the outer vessel.

"The rini '16 un' er the influence of the wei ht 6f the colander will fit tightl on the rim 17 of the outer vessel and tig tly .close the latter. After the' boiling is completed and it is desired to drain and dry the otatoes or, nether food product in the 00 under, the? colander is lifted by the bail 19 almost out of the outer vessel, until at least the ribs 21 of the colander are higher than the ribs 12 of the outer vessel. llhe'n the colander is 6 turned ninety degrees, that is, until the handle members of the two vessels register witheacli other, one being. above the other, and the colander is then lowered until its ribs 21 rest'upon the ribs 12 of the outer vessel, as shown in Fig. 3.- This supports the bottom of the colander above the water and still retains the heat as the colander still effectually closes the outer vessel, serving as a-lid or closure therefor. 'This re- 16 tention of the heat facilitates the drying of the potatoes or the like in the colander when 'in. its elevated position.

Therefore, it is seen that this invention dispenses with all additional attachments to 20 the inner and outer vesselsfor supporting the inner vessel in either the lower or the upper position. The supporting means are rigidly secured to or integral with the vessels, as shown herein. This not only enables 26 the colander to be as large approximately as the outer vessel, but practically requires it to be almost as large in order that ribs of the colander may be supported upon the ribs oi the outer vessel. The manipulation of 30 the device is easy because the ears or handle ing position. When the colander is elevated preliminary to moving it to the drying position, it is turned until the-handle members of the two vessels register with each other. That makes it certain that the ribs will be in their proper relative positions for supporting the colander in the outer vessel. By making the ribsabout thirty degrees long, there will be ample space between the ribs on the two vessels when the colander is being lowered to the boiling po sition so that there will be no danger-of them interfering during such movement.

The invention claimed is:

A cooking utensil"including an outer vessel with an outwardly turned top rim and :1

mg transverse segmental ribs in the upper part thereof,'and a colander adapted to tit in said outer vessel and having a pair of oppositely located outwardly extending transverse'segrnental ribs in the lower part there of and adapted when the colander is in elevated position to engage and rest upon the ribs in the wall of the outer vessel and also having a top rim projecting outwardly far enough to rest upon the top rim of the outer vessel when the colander is lowered therein for supporting the colander in said outer vessel.

In Witness whereof-I have hereunto afiixed my signature.

MARTHA B. GEORGE.

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